Gig work is tipped work. If they don’t tip, the driver worked for free.

The gig company “pays” the drivers a pittance, but it largely just covers a portion of the owner-operator’s expenses. 100% of the net profit comes from tips.

There are a handful of municipalities with unique laws which do not fit this model; but outside of those areas, that is straight up how it works.

Now, should the driver be reckless? No, that should be reported. But stiffing them won’t change anything.

Worse, to me, is that there is a perfectly grammatically correct way to be just as brief.

Wrong:

The bed sheets need washed.

Right:

The bed sheets need washing.

the car needs washed

Is there a name/term for this abomination? I’ve only ever heard one person speak in that form (omitting “to be”), and it has haunted me ever since.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/25/the-onion-sold-global-tetrahedron

Thanks, I hate it.

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Unless you habitually carry your passport

This would be a good time to remind everyone that you can actually get a passport card that will fit in your wallet:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html

The U.S. passport card is a wallet-sized, plastic passport that has no visa pages. The card is proof of U.S. citizenship and identity, and has the same length of validity as the passport book.

It would be funnier if he hadn’t flipped parties after that and ran again as a Republican in 1992.

It used to not be funny. It’s still not, but it used to not, too.

We’re already getting four more years of the real thing.

Was it not gagh blood?

Zoom out.

Barron

It is not.

https://www.cargurus.com/research/price-trends

Used car price index

Want to track used car prices over time? Select a date range and car type to see your favorite vehicles’ pricing ups and downs.

Did you see the used car prices a few years ago? They’re trending downward.

ITT: People on the spectrum

They can’t even blame third party voters this time around because from the current tallies it wouldn’t have made a difference.

Wat. Michigan and Wisconsin alone were so narrow that the third-party candidates received multiples of the difference.

That’s twenty-five electoral votes right there. That would have flipped the election.

The fucking media!

Look at this.

These two posts are about the exact same data from the exact same source:

Notice the subtle difference?

Neelix

I am using a stock Pixel 6a. From the home screen, I can swipe down anywhere to pull down the notification shade.

The one-handed mode gesture (and function) is different though. Settings → System → Gestures → One-handed mode:

Usage: